Mixing-spoon.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

H. T. SIDWAY. MIXING SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1902.

N0 MODEL IJNTTED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.7

HENRY T. SIDWAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MIXING-SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,412, datedSeptember 6, 1904.

Application filer, September 29, 1902. Serial No. 125,263. \No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY T. SIDWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mining-Spoons, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to the construction of theshank of spoons and ladles, but is applicable also to other like kitchenutensils, and has for its objects to furnish a simple, efficient, andreliable reinforcement for the bowl, shank, and handle that will resistand withstand pressure in the use of the spoon and ladle, to insure atight, firm, and non turnable connection between the shank and thehandle, and to simplify and improve the bowl, shank, and handle in theirrelation and connection one to the other and at the same time increasethe strength and durability of the spoon, ladle, or other householdarticle.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l'is a bottom view of a beater or mixing-spoon;Fig. 2, a face view of the same with the handle and socket in section;Fig. 3, a side elevation with the handle broken off, and Fig. at across-section through the handle and shank.

As illustrated and hereinafterdescribed, the invention in the presentinstance is applied to a spoon or ladle; but it is obvious that it maybe applied to other household articles of a similar nature. As shown, Arepresents the bowl of the spoon, which is provided with a series ofholes or openings 0 for the purpose of allowing material to be strainedtherethrough, from one end of which extends a sleeve B, preferably ofthe same material from which the body of the spoon is composed, whichsleeve is formed by bending the material of which it is formed to form atube having the two edges of material brought together on the under sideto form a seam 1), although this seam may be obviated by brazing,soldering, or other process. As shown,

this sleeve springs from the body of the spoon at a considerable angle,as is usual in the formation of a spoon, and is afterward curved or bentdownwardly to allow to handle to lie in a plane approximate to the bodyof the spoon.

\Yithin the sleeve is a shank 0, preferably composed of a solid rod orbar of sufficient rigidity to impart strength to the spoon, and thisshank is bent or curved to conform to the cur 'ature of the sleevewithin which it is tightly held. The shank is of a sufficient length toproject beyond the sleeve and form an extension (1, which is providedwith a series of ears or lugs c, stamped or otherwise formed in the bodyof the shank, leaving recesses or depressions o contiguous thereto, andthe latter is driven into the hole (I in a handle I), which hole is ofapproximately the same diameter as the body of the shank, but of a lessdiameter than the projection of the ears or lugs, causing the latter tobe forced through the wood composing the handle, which closes around thelugs or ears and holds the shank firmly in place. The shank is driveninto the handle sufficiently to cause the end of the sleeve to contactwith the handle and form a shoulder, which prevents the furtherinsertion V of the shank into the wood and serves to rc-s inforce theentire structure, which rein forcement is further effected by means of aferrule (1. which encircles the hole in the end of the handle.

It will thus be seen that utensils embodying the invention hereindescribed will be simple to manufacture and strong and durable in use,the method of reinforcement being one which may be applied to handles ofwidely different shape, the shank being held rigidly within and by theintegral sleeve of the bowl, and being also held against displacement orrotation within the handle by means of the lugs and contiguousdepressions formed in the shank, making, in effect, an integral whole ofthe several parts, with the result of greater strength and rigidity thanif the parts were in one continuous piece, as the sleeve and shanksupport each other and the sleeve, shank, and handle assist each otherin adding strength to the united parts.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mixing-spoon, the combination of a sleeve extending from andintegral'with the base end of the spoon-bowl and formed into a tubularshape with its longitudinal edges abutting and closed together theirfull length making a continuous circle in cross-section,a shank inclosedby and fixedly secured in the sleeve and extending beyond the end of thesleeve, the sleeve and shank each supporting and strengthening the otherand stiffening the connection between the bowl and the handle, and ahandle in which is entered and firmly secured the extension of the shankWith the end of the handle abutting against the end of the sleeve,substantially as described.

2. In a mixing-spoon, the combination of a sleeve upwardly curved andextending from and integral with the base end of the spoonbowl andformed with its longitudinal edges abutting and closed together theirfull length making a continuous circle in cross-section, a shankinclosed by and fixedly secured in the sleeve and extending in astraight line and having on its exterior rows of lugs arranged instaggered relation, the sleeve and shank each supporting andstrengthening the other and stiffening the connection between the bowland the handle and a handle in which is entered the extended portion ofthe shank for the lugs to engage the material of the handle and firml ysecure the shank within the handle, with the end of the handle abuttingagainst the end of the sleeve, substantially as described.

HENRY T. SIDW'AY.

